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Article #86Re: Hiking in Skirts
From: Jim Roberts
Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2004 06:26
Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2004 06:26
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MB wrote: > Chris Townsend > > >>Unfortunately in my experience radiant barriers in sleeping bags and >>synthetic filled jackets aren't breathable enough. I've tried several >>examples of both and found them sweaty (and one of the sleeping bags >>was quite noisy too). There may be models that perform better of >>course. > > > Interesting. If it isn't practical to make radiant > barriers breathable enough, it seems that they wouldn't > be a good idea within loft insulation, after all. > Especially multiple barriers with insufficient > breathability might act as nasty moisture traps. > > Otoh, the VBL, which of course mustn't breath at all, > can well double as a radiant barrier. Incidentally, I > find that mylar "emergency" bags, especially if bothering > to modifying the neck area, make good lightweight VBL's. > Being nominally single-use items, the ones I've used aren't > very durable though, lasting perhaps a couple of weeks > of usage. They're noisy too. > > Otoh, with hermetically sealed loft insulation, > such as down-air-mats (like Stephenson's), or DAM > type bag/shelters (Cocoon), lack of breathability is > of course irrelevant, and multiple radiant barriers > would seem like a good idea especially for the upper > parts of the latter. > It has to be porous, like the aluminized fabric from Stephenson's. jimbat
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